Use the procedure in this topic to add an operating system image or an operating system install package to a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager site. The operating system images and install packages can then be distributed to distribution points where they can be used to deploy operating systems to destination computers.
How to Add an Operating System Image
or Operating System Installer
Use the following procedures to add an operating system image or an operating system installer to a site.
To add an operating system image
To add an operating system
installer
Apply Software Updates to an
Operating System Image
Periodically, new software updates are released that are applicable to the operating system in your operating system image. You can apply applicable software updates to an image on a specified schedule. On the schedule that you specify, Configuration Manager applies the software updates that you select to the operating system image, and then optionally distributes the updated image to distribution points.
Information about the operating system image is stored in the site database, including the software updates that were applied at the time of the import. Software updates that have been applied to the image since it was initially added are also stored in the site database. When you start the wizard to apply software updates to the operating system image, the wizard retrieves a list of applicable software updates that have not yet been applied to the image for you to select.
For Configuration Manager SP1 only:
In Configuration Manager with no service pack, when Configuration Manager failed to apply a software update, it would stop the process and not apply any additional software updates. Starting in Configuration Manager SP1, you can select the Continue on error setting for Configuration Manager to continue to apply software updates even when there is an error applying one or more of the software updates that you selected.
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| In Configuration Manager with no service pack, the software updates are copied from the source location for each software update. Starting in Configuration Manager SP1, the software updates are copied from the content library on the site server. |
Use the following procedure to apply software updates to an operating system image.
To apply software updates to an
operating system image
Additional Actions to Manage
Operating System Images or Operating System Installers
After operating system images and operating system installers are added to a site, you can perform additional actions by selecting an object in the Operating System Images or Operating System Installers list. These actions include the following:
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Distribute Content |
Starts the Distribute Content Wizard to distribute the selected object to specific distribution points. |
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Update Distribution Points |
Starts the Update Distribution Points Wizard to update the content on the distribution points where the selected object is distributed. The package version is incremented and the distribution points are updated with only the files that have changed in the package. |
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Create Prestaged Content File |
Starts the Create Prestaged Content File Wizard. For information about how to create a prestaged content file, see Prestage Content on a Distribution Point. |
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Manage Access Accounts |
Opens the Manage Access Accounts dialog box where you can add an access account to the selected object, edit the access rights for an account, or remove an access account from the selected object. For more information about Package Access Accounts, see Technical Reference for Accounts Used in Configuration Manager |
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Move |
Moves the selected object to another folder. |